The work of Mathias Kessler critiques and reimagines the concept of nature by questioning man’s position in nature’s cycles. Quoting from art history, philosophy and eco-political debates, Kessler re-stages representations of natural processes with humor and gravitas. Romantic painting, land art and digital renderings compete and collide in order to unhinge familiar oppositions such as nature/culture; representation/experience; ideology/aesthetics. Arctic icebergs dramatized by cinematic lighting techniques become empty Hollywood sets; a human skull embedded with live corals flourishes as it decays; a miniature 3D print depicting Caspar David Friedrich’s painting Das Eismeer housed within a beer fridge produces an interactive social sculpture. Kessler’s contribution to current utopian and dystopian debates is at once intelligent, grave, comic and visually stunning.